Contents
DIVISION COMMANDER'S MESSAGE ix
FOREWORD xi
Chapter 1: WE BEGIN PREPARATION 1
Chapter 2: THE FALLEN COMMANDER 12
Chapter 3 : OVERSEAS TO AUSTRALIA 22
Chapter 4: BAPTISM OF FIRE 31
Chapter 5: THE MOPPING-UP PHASE 43
Chapter 6: SEVENTY-SIX DAYS OF COMBAT 51
Chapter 7: A NICKNAME WELL EARNED 61
Chapter 8: BACK TO AUSTRALIA 70
Chapter 9: THE BLOODY BUTCHERS STRIKE 77
Chapter 10: THE AITAPE CAMPAIGN 89
Chapter 11: WAKDE FALLS 93
Chapter 12: BLOODY BIAK 102
Chapter 13: RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES 133
Chapter 14: VICTOR IV: ZAMBOANGA 143
Chapter 15: VICTOR V: MINDANAO 159
Chapter 16: PEACEFUL INVASION 167
Appendix
HONOR ROLL 180
DECORATIONS AND AWARDS 182
BATTLE HONORS 183
COMMENDATIONS 184
COMMANDERS OF THE SUNSET DIVISION 187
SS Sunset LAUNCHING 197
"THE FRONT LINES" 199
WHAT OTHERS SAID 201
TROOP LISTS 205
Maps
1: ORIENTATION MAP, NEW GUINEA 30
2: SANANANDA FRONT 34
3: ROADBLOCK POSITIONS ON SANANANDA 35
4: ORIENTATION MAP, HUON GULF AREA 50
5: NASSAU BAY AREA 56
6: SALAMAUA, BITOI RIDGE AND MUBO SECTOR 60
7: ORIENTATION MAP FOR HOLLANDIA 76
8: D-DAY SITUATION, HUMBOLDT BAY AREA 81
9: OPERATIONS OF THE RECKLESS TASK FORCE 84
10: AITAPE OPERATION 88
11: THE LANDING AT ARARE AND THE JUMPOFF TO WAKDE 96
12: WAKDE ISLAND 100
13: LANDING AND OPERATIONS AT BIAK 104
14: THE MOKMER POCKET 108
15: OPERATIONS LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF MOKMER DROME 112
16: SITUATION AT 1230K, 15 JUNE, 1944 BIAK ISLAND 116
17: PLAN FOR THE DIVISION S ATTACK ON BIAK 118
18: SITUATION AS OF 1800K, 20 JUNE 1944, BIAK ISLAND 120
19: THE SUMPS, BIAK ISLAND 122
20: OPERATIONS AT BIAK, 20 JUNE TO 10 AUGUST 1944 124
21: ATTACK OF 163d INFANTRY, 26-27 JUNE 1944 126
22: BOSNEK-BIAK, SCHOUTEN ISLANDS 128
23: ORIENTATION MAP: RECONQUEST OF THE PHILIPPINES 132
24: ORIENTATION MAP: PALAWAN 134
25: ENEMY ORDER OF BATTLE ON PALAWAN 135
26: PALAWAN: LANDING SITE 137
27: PALAWAN: OPERATION MAP 141
28: ORIENTATION MAP: ZAMBOANGA PHASE OF VICTOR IV 143
29: ZAMBOANGA PHASE OF VICTOR IV 1 44
30: PENINSULA PHASE OF VICTOR IV 146
31: BASIL AN ISLAND PHASE OF VICTOR IV 150
32: JOLO PHASE OF VICTOR IV 151
33: INITIAL LANDING ON MINDANAO 158
34: CENTRAL MINDANAO: VICTOR V 162
35: SUMMARY OF THE MINDANAO CAMPAIGN 165
36: OCCUPATION AREA OF THE 41st DIVISION ON HONSHU 168

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